Delegates from MinTrabajo carried out the closure allegedly due to non-compliance with the workers’ social security payments.
The Ministry of Labor ordered the temporary closure of the CECEP University Foundationin Cali, after detecting alleged non-compliance in the payment of workers’ social security.
The decision, which seeks guarantee the labor rights of administrative and teaching staffhas generated deep concern among more than 500 students who today fear for the continuity of their studies.
According to sources close to the process, the negotiations between the Special Assets Company (SAE) and the Ministry of National Education (MENU) have not made significant progress, which keeps academic activities suspended.
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According to the students’ versions, For several months the institution has been facing difficulties administrative and financial, affecting its optimal functioning.
A spokesperson for the student movement publicly denounced the lack of support from the National Government and described the event as a “scam.”
“They keep scamming us and no one responds. We come across news and it is that we do not have the right to education and that, in the Government of Change, a higher education institution is going to be liquidated“, he expressed.
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The student also pointed out that the academic community You have sent multiple requests without receiving a response.
“We denounce the SAE, the Ministry of National Education (MEN) and to President Gustavo Petro, because they appointed some people to handle the CECEP case and – to date – They have not given us a response. We denounce Daniel Rojas Medellín, Amelia Pérez and Orfa Margarita Giraldo, who were responsible for damaging the institution and allegedly defrauding the students,” he said.
According to the testimony, around 500 old students and 37 primiparous They have paid tuition fees of up to 2 million 500 thousand pesos, without being certain about the continuity of their academic process.
“Mr. President, How much longer do we have to wait? We have been working for seven months and this is the date they do not give us a response. We cannot stop studying,” the spokesperson concluded.
Meanwhilestudents ask for prompt intervention from the National Government to avoid the definitive liquidation of CECEP and guarantee their right to education.
Source: Integrated Information System
